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Cardinals Sign Jonathan Broxton To Two-Year Deal

By Steve Adams | December 10, 2015 at 2:50pm CDT

The Cardinals announced that they’ve signed right-hander Jonathan Broxton to a two-year contract to return to the St. Louis bullpen. Broxton, a Jet Sports client, will earn a $7.5MM guarantee and receive full no-trade protection, per reports.

Aug 27, 2015; Phoenix, AZ, USA; St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jonathan Broxton against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

Though it seems like he’s been around forever, Broxton is still just 31 years of age. And he still averages better than 94 mph on his fastball

Last year was rough in terms of bottom line results — the veteran ended with a 4.62 ERA — but that doesn’t tell the whole story. For one, Broxton’s peripherals showed that he’d been a bit unlucky leading up to a mid-season trade from the Brewers to the Cardinals. For another, Broxton produced a 2.66 earned run average over the 23 2/3 frames he logged with St. Louis.

In the aggregate, Broxton showed that he’s still plenty capable of providing valuable innings from the pen. Though his walks actually trended up in the latter part of the year, Broxton managed to strike out more than a batter per inning for the first time since way back in 2010. Then, there’s the fact that FIP (3.65), xFIP (3.24), and SIERA (3.15) all saw him as a quality producer.

St. Louis already bet on Broxton once with the mid-season trade, and now it’s doubled down after initially declining a $9MM option over the former closer. It seems likely that the veteran could have achieved a greater guarantee elsewhere, given the fact that his deal includes the kind of no-trade protection that we don’t typically see in a short-term deal (let alone one for a reliever).

But the match worked last year, and the Cards obviously felt another sturdy arm was needed in the pen. Broxton will join Jordan Walden and Seth Maness as right-handed set-up options in front of closer Trevor Rosenthal.

KMOX’s Tom Ackerman first reported (on Twitter) that the agreement was in place. Devan Fink first tweeted the contract details. 

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  1. legit1213

    5 years ago

    Meh. I hope we’re paying him in peanuts.

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    • RedFeather

      5 years ago

      Better be a 2 year 1 million dollar deal

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  2. mattsmattedin

    5 years ago

    I’ll up the offer to buckets of chicken, but no more.

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  3. RedFeather

    5 years ago

    Wait did the Cardinals pay the 2 million to buy him out of his contract for 2016?

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    • dotnet19

      5 years ago

      Yes, they did.They declined the 9 Mil option.

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  4. easten7

    5 years ago

    Can’t imagine why they would do this when they didn’t even include him on their postseason roster.

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    • dotnet19

      5 years ago

      Maybe because they need bullpen arms because Villanueva, Cishek, Choate, Belisle, and Broxton were all free agents.

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      • baronbeard

        5 years ago

        I didn’t know Choate was still pitching.

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        • Triteon

          5 years ago

          He’s a FA…doubtful we see him in Cardinal red again.

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    • Lance

      5 years ago

      it’s a new season and you can never have enough good, experienced arms.

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  5. Triteon

    5 years ago

    Must be due to all the Tim Horton’s opening up in StL.

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  6. redbirdcreeper

    5 years ago

    His career line is solid with the exception of a few down seasons. He is a young veteran with above average numbers. As long as the price was low, I see this as a solid signing.

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  7. dotnet19

    5 years ago

    9.5 for 2 years including the buyout isn’t terrible.

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  8. Mark

    5 years ago

    why are cards fans ripping on broxton here? he pitched well for you guys

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    • dotnet19

      5 years ago

      Agreed. People just like to B@$*%

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    • RedFeather

      5 years ago

      Anxiety due to larger needs I suppose?

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      • buccosfan

        5 years ago

        Can’t always fill needs in the order of what is needed. Cards needed arms to get to Rosenthal especially with the rotation not having the depth cards are accustomed to. Personally wouldn’t rely on Broxton as a full season setup man but with what’s out there could be a lot worse.

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        • RedFeather

          5 years ago

          Yeah but was Broxton really going anywhere anytime soon?

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          • JT19

            5 years ago

            Did anyone think Happ was going to be the first starting pitcher to sign? Or that Zimmerman would sign before Price/Greinke? Probably not. A deal could happen at any time.

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    • nathan319

      5 years ago

      I’m having a hard time remembering him getting anyone out the entire time he was on the team.

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    • jswat

      5 years ago

      Just negatives Nancy’s. Not a bad sign in my opinion. He’s got some good giddy-up on his heater still and pitched decent for the Cards.

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  9. nathan319

    5 years ago

    This is a joke, right?!?!

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  10. stldave

    5 years ago

    Big Brox is a serviceable arm, but why give him a no trade clause? Can’t count on him as an 8th inning setup guy. 7th or earlier … Not a shut down reliever. weight is a concern

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  11. thestevilempire

    5 years ago

    Actually it was a decent move. All they did was use Lance Lynn’s insurance policy on signing Broxton for more two years. (Lynn’s salary was $7.5 MM) Basically when you include the buyout, they are paying 2 years, $2 MM.

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  12. gojira15

    5 years ago

    Why the no-trade clause? That makes little sense to me.

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    • thestevilempire

      5 years ago

      Because he has played for 5 teams in the last 5 seasons. He’s married with 2 young children, probably tired of moving.

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    • JT19

      5 years ago

      Probably asked for the no-trade clause in exchange for less money.

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      • gojira15

        5 years ago

        I guess that makes sense. In retrospect, Broxton could very well get over $4 million a year, so the clause takes the place of some dollars.

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  13. darkhorse60

    5 years ago

    It’s only costing them the $7.5 mil. Birds got $3 mil from Milwaukee in the trade this past summer to cover the remaining $1 mil he was owed on his contract for 2015 and the remaining $2 mil was to cover his buyout. No one was going to pickup a 1 year option on him for $9 mil. However, 2 years for $7.5 for him sounds pretty reasonable for me.

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  14. francys08

    5 years ago

    As a Cardinals fan, I’m glad we have Broxton.He pitched well last season when he was traded to St Louis. Good move Cardinals.

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    • smelser23

      5 years ago

      As a Cubs fan. I’m glad you got him too!

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  15. ecat72

    5 years ago

    And Pirates fans rejoice

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